ríspido
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin hispidus, with the change to initial r stemming from a prefix re-. Compare Spanish ríspido, Italian ispido.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁis.pi.du/ [ˈhis.pi.du]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁiʃ.pi.du/ [ˈχiʃ.pi.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁis.pi.do/ [ˈhis.pi.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁiʃ.pi.du/ [ˈʁiʃ.pi.ðu]
- Rhymes: -ispidu
- Hyphenation: rís‧pi‧do
Adjective
ríspido (feminine ríspida, masculine plural ríspidos, feminine plural ríspidas)
- rude; impolite
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cortês
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:cortês
- severe; strict; harsh
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ríspido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “ríspido”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “ríspido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “ríspido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin hispidus, with the change to initial r stemming from a prefix re-. Compare Portuguese ríspido, Italian ispido.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrispido/ [ˈris.pi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ispido
- Syllabification: rís‧pi‧do
Adjective
ríspido (feminine ríspida, masculine plural ríspidos, feminine plural ríspidas)
Further reading
- “ríspido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025